Mary GrayDistinguished ProfessorMathematics & Statistics

JD, Law, Washington College of Law,American UniversityPhD,Mathematics, University of KansasMA, Mathematics, University of KansasAB, Mathematics and Physics, Hastings College

Languages Spoken

Some German, French, Spanish

Bio

A statistician and lawyer, Professor Gray’s areas of research include applications of statistics to human rights, economic equity, legal issues, and education. She is the founder of the Association for Women in Mathematics, a fellow of the American Statistical Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Engineering and Mathematics Mentoring as well as honorary degrees for from three institutions. The author of two books and over eighty articles, she has lectured throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Professor Gray serves as the chair of the Board of Directors of the American Middle East Education and is a member of Statistics without Borders.

Public Heath Agency of Canada, International Expert Advisory Group on Risk Modeling
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Research Interests

Professor Gray has recently completed works on the statistics of genocide and the relation of the provision of sanitation to the education of women and girls.She is currently engaged in studies of learning disabilities in mathematics and women’s leadership in mathematical sciences and on projects on human rights and elections in Iraq.

Grants and Sponsored Research

National Science Foundation grants for the study of women in science and to attract underrepresented groups to the study of mathematics and computer science

Congressional Testimony

Affirmative action: U.S. House Special Subcommittee on Education, U.S. Department of Labor

Women in science: U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research

Age discrimination: U.S. Senate Committee on Aging; U.S. Senate Committee on Human Resources, Subcommittee on Labor; U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights

Social security: U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Senate Finance Committee

Pensions, insurance: U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Maryland House of Delegates, Michigan State Senate, California State Senate, Oregon House, Montana House, Missouri House, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Aging, Oregon Senate, Massachusetts Insurance Commission, Iowa House-Senate Joint Study Committee on Non-gender Insurance, Maine Commission on Women

Pay equity: U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Governmental Operations

Retirement Income Security: U.S. House of Representative Ways and Means Committee

Constitutional Right to Travel: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Engineering and Mathematics Mentoring

Fellow, American Statistical Association

Lifetime Mentoring Award, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Honorary doctorate, MountHolyokeCollege

Honorary doctorate, University of Nebraska

Honorary doctorate, HastingsCollege

Fulbright grant, J.W.GoetheUniversity, Frankfurt, Germany

National Science Foundation Fellowship

National Defense Education Act Fellowship

Executive Experience

Chair, Board of Directors, American Middle East Education Foundation

Treasurer, Universal Education Foundation

Former treasurer, Amnesty International

Former chair, Amnesty International USA

Past president Association for Women in Mathematics, Caucus for Women in Statistics, Women’s Equity Action League

Additional Information

Gray has served as international treasurer of Amnesty International USA. She was responsible for the finances of the 1.2 million-member worldwide organization, in which she has been involved for more than 25 years. As a lawyer and statistician, she furthers her commitment to human rights, including civil rights and women’s rights, in researching issues such as affirmative action, discrimination, clinical trials, ethical concerns in statistics, and single-sex education. Gray has also been involved in projects on human rights, statistics capacity building, and education in Iraq. She also has expertise in the areas of math education and computer science and law, and serves as a visiting professor at King's College School of Medicine in London. Gray is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and was a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She has authored more than 80 articles and has given countless presentations on her areas of specialty, including testifying before Congress on income tax reform, affirmative action, pay equity, and women in science. In 2001, she was the recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. Gray, a member of the American Bar Association, is writing a book about computer law.